Phillips Academy, Andover
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Andover, Massachusetts United States |
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| Type | Independent, College-prep, Day & Boarding |
| Motto |
Non Sibi (Not for Self) Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) |
| Established | 1778 1973 – merged with Abbot Academy |
| CEEB code | 220030 |
| Head of school | John Palfrey |
| Faculty | 222 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 1,122 total 831 boarding 291 day (2015-2016) |
| Average class size | 13 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 5:1 |
| Campus | Suburban, 500 acres (2 km2) |
| Color(s) | Navy & white |
| Athletics | 30 sports |
| Athletics conference | NEPSAC |
| Mascot | Gunga, the gorilla |
| Team name | Big Blue |
| Rival | Phillips Exeter Academy |
| Average SAT scores (2015) | 2112 |
| Endowment |
 US$1 Billion (November 2014) |
| Tuition | $48,850 boarding $38,000 day |
| Former pupils | Old Phillipians |
| Website | www |
Phillips Academy Andover (also known as Phillips Academy, Andover, or PA) is a co-educational university-preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate (PG) year. The school is in Andover, Massachusetts, United States, 25 miles north of Boston. Phillips Academy has 1,122 students, and is a selective school, accepting 13% of applicants. It is part of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization as well as the G20 Schools Group.
Originally a boarding school for boys, it turned coeducational in 1973, the year in which it merged with its neighbor girls school Abbot Academy.
Phillips Academy Andover is the oldest incorporated high school in the United States, established in 1778 by Samuel Phillips, Jr. Phillips's uncle Dr. John Phillips founded Phillips Exeter Academy three years later. Phillips Academy's endowment stood around $800 million in June 2011, the fourth-highest of any American secondary school. Andover is subject to the control of a board of trustees, headed by Peter Currie, business executive and former Netscape Chief Financial Officer, who took over as president of the Phillips Academy Board of Trustees on July 1, 2012. On November 14, 2012, John G. Palfrey, Jr., Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School, was named the 15th Head of School.
Phillips Academy admitted only boys until the school became coeducational in 1973, the year of Phillips Academy's merger with Abbot Academy, a boarding school for girls also in Andover. Abbot Academy, founded in 1828, was the first incorporated school for girls in New England. Then-headmaster Theodore Sizer oversaw the merger.
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